Jason Smith
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3,418 appearances
42 recordings
6 series
first heard Jun 2025
last heard 4d ago
Jason Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I enjoyed when I played, and now I'm kind of in the second half of a career doing something else and just enjoying what I'm doing.
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I very rarely talk hockey and never really talk about myself, that's for sure.
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Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer · Edmonton Oil Kings Head Coach Jason Smith (1/27/26) · 28 Jan 2026
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Elite player.
Big part of our run to the finals and a good human being.
Oh, for sure.
I mean, I think, you know, the learning curve on the back end and, you know, the awareness you need on the ice, playing different players, I think...
A lot of players that get drafted out of junior or out of college or out of Europe that are really successful in the league they're playing in.
Get to the NHL and it's a whole different game.
The speed, the high elite skilled players can really make you look bad in a hurry.
Getting the opportunity to be on a team like I was in Jersey with the defensive guys and having Larry Robinson as a coach and having Scotty Stevens and Kenny Danico and Bruce Driver around really made...
made the transition easier for me.
But it was still tough, I think.
You go from being a player and junior,
creating offense and getting involved in the offense and being kind of a point guy, the guy that's relied upon to being a player that you have to defend in this league.
Yeah.
Like it's imperative.
If you're not willing to defend and block shots and kill plays in the defensive zone, it's a very hard transition.
Yeah, I mean, I think younger guys now have, you know, been...
through youth hockey and all the way through development probably are chasing offense more.
Yeah.
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